World Urban Games 2019

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  On 8/15/2019 at 4:42 PM, NearPup said:

Laser run? I thought that was going to be some cool laser tag thing, not the lame biathlon but worse in every way combined run shoot they use in Modern Pentathlon.

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I quite like the laser run . I think it’s a good innovative format.

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  On 8/15/2019 at 4:48 PM, dcro said:

 

Says the person who never goes to the beach.

 

There are lots of climbing opportunities near sea, both natural and artificial...

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Yeah, unless your in Dorset or Dover, or whatever town is close to those British’s cliffs, or in Northern California I don’t think that’s true. I’d never make Climbing a Beach sport. It’s definitely more of an urban sport.

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  On 8/15/2019 at 5:08 PM, Olympian1010 said:

Yeah, unless your in Dorset or Dover, or whatever town is close to those British’s cliffs, or in Northern California I don’t think that’s true. I’d never make Climbing a Beach sport. It’s definitely more of an urban sport.

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Or 20 minutes from where I live (and a lot of Mediterranean in general)...

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  On 8/15/2019 at 8:05 PM, dcro said:

 

Or 20 minutes from where I live (and a lot of Mediterranean in general)...

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Right, but when I think of Sport Climbing, I do not think of cliffs. I think of indoor gyms.

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I actually wish Olympic would eject Modern Pentathlon and add Laser Run instead. Sorry not sorry.

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  On 8/15/2019 at 8:28 PM, Jur said:

I actually wish Olympic would eject Modern Pentathlon and add Laser Run instead. Sorry not sorry.

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I would ok with fencing, swimming, cycling and laser run. The equestrian events in MP would finally be gone, and we could even get rid of triathlon (hate it).

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  On 8/15/2019 at 9:06 PM, thiago_simoes said:

I would ok with fencing, swimming, cycling and laser run. The equestrian events in MP would finally be gone, and we could even get rid of triathlon (hate it).

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Yeah I don’t think the triathlon is going away anytime soon...

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  On 8/15/2019 at 9:08 PM, Olympian1010 said:

Yeah I don’t think the triathlon is going away anytime soon...

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Yes, I know. It's just I personally hate it, but I know it's not going to be removed from the program.

Triathlon is probably the least exciting event at the Olympics, in my opinion. I can see the reason for Modern Pentathlon (even though the perfect soldier thing is a little corny) but I absolutely can't stand triathlon or even think about a good reason for it to exist as a sport.

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  On 8/15/2019 at 9:11 PM, thiago_simoes said:

Yes, I know. It's just I personally hate it, but I know it's not going to be removed from the program.

Triathlon is probably the least exciting event at the Olympics, in my opinion. I can see the reason for Modern Pentathlon (even though the perfect soldier thing is a little corny) but I absolutely can't stand triathlon or even think about a good reason for it to exist as a sport.

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Endurance athletes wished they could do their three favorites sports in one race/sport, and boom, triathlon is born.

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  On 8/15/2019 at 4:42 PM, NearPup said:

Laser run? I thought that was going to be some cool laser tag thing, not the lame biathlon but worse in every way combined run shoot they use in Modern Pentathlon.

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Interestingly, if that ever becomes a thing, then MP might as well be dead and burried.